Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD), formerly the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD), commends Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-02) for introducing a Congressional Review Act Joint Resolution to repeal the burdensome changes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made to its Risk Management Program (RMP).
The EPA released its final rulemaking on the RMP program earlier this year, which places excessive new requirements on facilities. This resolution would give Congress the authority to revoke the EPA’s final rulemaking on RMP.
ACD’s President and CEO Eric R. Byer issued the following statement on the resolution:
“ACD applauds Representative Crenshaw for standing with the chemical distribution industry and recognizing the current effectiveness of the RMP program. Despite countless objections from industry stakeholders, including ACD, the EPA finalized its rulemaking without demonstrating the need for these sweeping and counterproductive changes.
“For decades, the RMP program has had an impressive track record of preventing chemical accidents while improving preparedness efforts and…
